Published to accompany an exhibition at the Royal Academy of Arts in London, Victorian Fairy Painting re veals the enormous popularity of the fairy world as depicted in Victorian English painting, literature, and the theatre '
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The best of these paintings belie the insipidity of later, more familiar renderings of fairyland. Like the Victorian era itself, they are far more complicated and ambiguous than is commonly remembered. -- The New York Times Book Review, Sarah Harrison Smith
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This review is from: Victorian Fairy Painting (Hardcover)
This is a serious art book about the Victorian passion for fairy art. It includes information about fairy plays, musicals and most importantly the prominent painters of the day. I found the paintings very beautiful and the writing by Jeremy Maas first-rate. You won't find any pictures from the popular C.M. Barker here but you will find many from lesser known artists like John Anster Fitzgerald, Joseph Noel Paton and Richard Doyle.
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This review is from: Victorian Fairy Painting (Hardcover)
I thought this book would be like a invite to fairy land. but i was very disapointed. dont botherbuying this book.
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